Streaming Players

There are really only three kinds of streaming media players: Apple TV is a streaming play from Apple and works with your iTunes media. It supports the usual apps Netflix, Hulu and many others. No “Amazon Prive Video” and no “Google Play Video”. Roku has all of the apps with the one exception of iTunes….

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Use an Alternate DNS

Recently my Spectrum Internet became extremely unreliable. The WiFi seemed to be working and the modem seemed to be connecting. The only thing that worked was restarting the modem every hour. Finally when it happened again I deployed a Ping Test of Google (ping google.com). This to said there was no connection. I did a new Ping…

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Live TV Programming Services

This is a class of streaming service that is similar to cable TV. The difference is programming is transmitted over Internet protocol IPTV. This is a few of these services: Sling TV starts at $20 PlayStation Vue starts at $29.99 Hulu with Live TV $39.99 DirecTV Now Starts at $35

Creative Cloud for the Photographer

Adobe Creative Cloud is a software as a service offering from Adobe Systems that gives users access to a collection of software developed by Adobe for graphic design, video editing, web development, photography, and cloud services. In Creative Cloud, a monthly or annual subscription service is delivered over the Internet. Software from Creative Cloud is…

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Office 365 by Subscription

If you use Microsoft Office and you can’t use a substitute an Office 365 Personal subscription might be for you. What you get: 1-year auto-renewal subscription For 1 PC or Mac, 1 tablet including iPad, Android, or Windows, plus 1 phone Fully installed versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, and more Also includes Publisher…

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Is LastPass Still Safe?

Once again Tavis Ormandy has found some flaws in LastPass. Once again we are asking the question, “Is LastPass safe to use?” Here’s Steve Gibson to tell you what to do..

Free Tax Services

It’s that time again. Time to get out your receipts and your calculator and fill out the old 1040 and the myriad of other tax forms required by Uncle Sam. You can visit your tax account or H&R Block to take care of it for you. All of these are reasonable choices depending on your…

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Free Tax Software

Hardly anyone uses tax software anymore because it has to be up-to-date always. This is done much easier in the cloud so nearly everyone has move to web applications. this being the case you could still try this program: OpenTaxSolver (OTS) is a free, safe + secure program for calculating Tax Form entries and tax-owed…

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Protect Your Privacy With A VPN Tunnel

Private Internet Access™ is a VPN service that encrypts your connection and provides you with an anonymous IP to protect your privacy. Private Internet Access provides state of the art, multi-layered security with advanced privacy protection using VPN tunneling. Scroll below to the Security Layers section to learn more about each individual layer. PIA cost $39.95…

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Super Speed Up Your Computer With A SSD

Purchasing and installing a solid-state drive (SSD) to replace your hard-drive is the best way to boost you PCs performance. Seek speeds, access speeds and write speed can increase 4 to 10 times. Boot-up times 10 to 13 seconds on average. Applications open in a snap and saving project lightning fast. SSDs are still about…

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